Author Topic: ducks not ducks????  (Read 6456 times)

harry

  • Joined Mar 2009
ducks not ducks????
« on: October 22, 2012, 08:33:52 pm »
i am going to try muscovys next year for meat ducks..... can anyone tell me why these arent real ducks

Hermit

  • Joined Feb 2010
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2012, 08:40:38 pm »
Cause they are really a goose.

colliewoman

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 08:53:41 pm »
they are perching ducks all other domestic duck are decended from the mallard.
Muskies are an entirely different species and are apparently more closely related to a goose than a duck.

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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 09:03:05 pm »
Cairina moschata as opposed to Anas platyrhynchos, which is what most domestic ducks descend from.

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bangbang

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2012, 09:09:42 pm »
Never eaten one myself...does it taste like duck, or like goose,
or are they all pretty much the same?

PetiteGalette

  • Joined Dec 2011
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2012, 11:41:46 pm »
They taste yummy! But, then, I love to eat home-grown ducks................ and do, often!!
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harry

  • Joined Mar 2009
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 09:11:23 pm »
was told they taste more like veal or venison (low fat) cant remember which.....will they X with a goose then or a duck ,,i know the ducklings will be infertile but doesnt matter
« Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 09:13:22 pm by harry »

northfifeduckling

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2012, 07:56:36 am »
they originated from the Americas, our ducks are European. I sort of remember that when you buy a Barberry duck in the shops it's the same breed...put me right if it's not correct, folks. :&>

SallyintNorth

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2012, 09:35:01 am »
They taste spectacular, like duck only more so.  And much more of it, too.  They are like a goose to pluck though - you could stuff a duvet with the down on that breast  ::)

They will cross with ducks, yes, I don't know about geese.  I've been told that the duck hybrid is infertile, like a mule (horse x donkey.)
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harry

  • Joined Mar 2009
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2012, 01:57:24 pm »
can muscovys be marketed (oven ready) as geese  ???

northfifeduckling

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2012, 03:47:58 pm »
don't think so, as Barberry ducklings they can  :roflanim:

colliewoman

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Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2012, 06:50:33 pm »
can muscovys be marketed (oven ready) as geese  ???




No, because they are Muscovy ducks  ;)
They might be related but they are not the same thing. It would be like selling rabbit as hare :wave:
I would be annoyed if I was sold mis-identified meat :)
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harry

  • Joined Mar 2009
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2012, 07:40:27 pm »
one post on here states they are geese...... you say they are ducks..... just looking for the answer for clarification.... understand the rabbit  hare thingy

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2012, 07:48:28 pm »
They're not geese. But they are a different species from what all other domestic ducks are descended from, which is the species Mallards are. Muscovies are ducks, but different.

Like rabbit and hare.

goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
  • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: ducks not ducks????
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2012, 08:24:37 pm »
That's right, they are more genetically related to a goose than a duck but are a duck in their own right. 
 
I'll tell you how they taste soon, we took 14 boys to the gamekeeper today and I am collecting them tomorrow to be processed (packaged) by a gunsmiths in a town near hear who do that sort of thing.  We've never tasted one so looking forward to that, I love duck.  :yum:
 
We have found them lovely to keep, very fertile and make excellent mums, they aren't nervous creatures, don't run away from the dog and will eat out of my hand.  We don't shut ours in at night, they roost but then we haven't had a fox or badger problem here as there are a lot of gamekeepers about.  And what is nice is that they don't all look the same, they come in lots of different colours so you feel like you have lots of different varieties.
registered soay, castlemilk moorit  and north ronaldsay sheep, pygmy goats, steinbacher geese, muscovy ducks, various hens, lots of visiting mallards, a naughty border collie, a puss and a couple of guinea pigs

 

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